December 2017 - The Elegant Life

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Mes Petits Plaisirs (My Little Pleasures) December Favourites

It’s that time again! Time to thrill you with my December Favourites! Or as I like to call them, Mes Petits Plaisirs;)

This month I have TWO favourites. The first will gift you absolute relaxation and pleasure (and romance!) and the second? Well, you will be the talk of any party or celebration with this one! Let’s dive in, shall we?

My December Favourites

Novel – Seven Letters From Paris by Samantha Verant

I discovered this novel about 2 years ago. I’m always on the look out for a great francophile novel and when I read the synopsis for this book I KNEW I had to read it.

Synopsis:

At age 40, Samantha Verant’s life is falling apart-she’s jobless, in debt, and feeling stuck… until she stumbles upon seven old love letters from Jean-Luc, the sexy Frenchman she’d met in Paris when she was 19. With a quick Google search, she finds him, and both are quick to realize that the passion they felt 20 years prior hasn’t faded with time and distance.

Samantha knows that jetting off to France to reconnect with a man that she only knew for one sun-drenched, passion-filled day is crazy-but it’s the kind of crazy she’s been waiting for her whole life.

After reading this book (in about 1 day) I just had to find the author and tell her how much I loved it (Facebook is a wonderful thing!) I told her how much her story reminded me of my own personal love story in France and she encouraged me to write about it. So I did! Samantha Verant is the inspiration behind my blog series: The Making of a Spiritual Woman: A Pilgrimage That Began in Paris.

This blog series has been THE most watched series here on The Elegant Life. So many women tell me they see themselves in different parts of my story. ENJOY discovering yourself!

Click HERE -> Seven Letters from Paris: A Memoir to purchase:

Recipe – Best Ever Victoria Sponge Cake Recipe

This cake has such a lovely, soft flavour and a very moist texture. Best of all, it takes no more than 5 minutes to prepare. Okay, even better than that, it looks absolutely elegant and will be the showstopper of any party or celebration. Ready to learn the recipe? (Watch how in the video above at minute 4:50)

Ingredients:

160 g/5 1/4 oz. caster sugar

250 ml/8 fl oz. vegetable oil

225 ml/ 8 fl oz. natural yoghurt

2 eggs

225 g/ 8 oz. plain flour

3 teaspoons baking powder

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

250ml/8 fl oz. double cream (whipping cream)

25 g/ 1 oz. icing sugar

100 g/4 oz. fresh raspberries plus 8 same sized raspberries for the garnish

Method:

Grease 2 round bakings pans.

Preheat oven to 160°C/325°F.

In a blender or food processor, mix the sugar, oil, yoghurt, eggs, flour, baking powder, and vanilla until just mixed. Be sure not to overmix.

Evenly pour batter into the cake pans and bake in oven for approx. 30 minutes (until lightly browned and top springs up when touched).

When ready, flip both cakes onto a cooling rack. Leave until cool.

Pour cream into a medium bowl. Add icing sugar and whip until stiff peaks form.

Fold in the 100 g raspberries.

Place 1 cooled cake on a cake pedestal. Spread the raspberry cream mixture on top. Place second cooled cake on top of the cream.

Sift icing sugar on top to lightly garnish the surface. Finally, place the 8 raspberries on top to decorate.

Voila! Un beau gateau!

See you in 2018!!!

Love,

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The BEST Way to End the Year Right – 2017

How would you like me to show you how to make these remaining moments of 2017 truly meaningful so that you move into 2018 with a whole new frequency, a frequency that allows you to step up and into your most elegant, exquisite life?

You may have had a year that didn’t turn out the way you expected it to.

Your dream may not have manifested.

You may have lost someone. Or you may have had to let someone go from your life.

Or, you may have gotten a new job! Received a promotion! Moved cities or countries! Whatever happened (or didn’t happen) in 2017, let’s make 2018 even better!

Step One – To End the Year Right

Reflect on what has transpired over the past year.

Take out a piece of paper and draw a line down the centre.

On the left side write, “What Things Served Me This Year”

On the right side write, “What Things Didn’t Serve Me This Year”

Examples?

Things that DID work:

Going through The Art of Living Elegantly Program
Letting go of a certain friendship
Doing a morning ritual (The 6 Phase Visioning Meditation)
Drinking a green drink in the morning and at 3pm
Communicating my feelings instead of yelling
Moving at least 3 times a week

Things that DIDN’T work:

Working the hours I usually do
Not moving everyday in some way
Not eating enough LIVE, high vibe foods
Smoking
Gossiping
Complaining about what’s wrong in my life instead of focusing on being thankful for what IS good

These are just some examples that clients have told me. Your Soul will tell YOU what worked and what didn’t.

Step Two – To End the Year Right

Underneath your chart write this question:

“Choices I CHOOSE to make in 2018 are:”

Based on the answers in your chart, decide which items would have the most positive impact on your life in 2018.

I recommend listing 2-5 choices. No more. Just making ONE important choice is powerful enough, but try and go for at least 2.

Step Three – To End the Year Right

Be sure that you are following me on either Instagram or Facebook so you can learn when my New Years Facebook Training will be.

In this training I’ll be sharing my FULL process to end the year right. My hubby and I do this every single year and it is just gorgeous. We look forward to it!

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I’ll see you next week with my December Favourites Video! My November Favourites was very popular so I’ve decided to continue with the Favourites Series every month!

With So Much Love,

MANIFESTING INNER PEACE

The MOST Effective Way to Deal With Grief & Loss Over the Holidays

I’m thrilled to be back after a VERY intensive 10 day training! Wow, wow, wow, is all I can say. I was being trained by a coach who only coaches Billionaires. He is a very spiritual person, like myself, and has acquired deeply spiritual and quantum processes to take people through so that any and all negative emotions, limiting beliefs and decisions are cleared forever.

I am beyond thrilled to have been taught & certified by him personally to use these processes with my own clients. I promise to talk more about this next week, okay?

Grief Request

This week I had a request from a reader. She asked if I could make a video on grief as she lost an ex-spouse and father to her two boys back in June and is really feeling the emotions coming up.

I love it when I receive requests for videos so if you ever have a suggestion or topic you’d like me to cover please send me a note, okay?

Wait!

Before dismissing this post because you haven’t lost anyone, or anyone recently, please stick around because the advice I offer in this post/video is applicable to any issue you may have.

I believe the first step in dealing with grief is asking yourself this question:

What benefits am I getting out of grieving and feeling sad?”

This may be an awakening question because we don’t do or think anything without receiving some benefit from it.

Get really honest with yourself here. I’m not going to provide any “possible answers”, simply ask your SOUL and it will give you the honest truth.

How am I benefitting by feeling grief this holiday season?”

As a side note here I’d like to mention that in some countries people host “Celebration of Life” parties instead of funerals. Everyone dresses in white and the whole party is about celebrating the person’s life and the joy that the person brought to everyone’s lives.

I mention this only because I don’t want anyone selling themselves the story that they MUST grieve.

Quick Story – Unusual Grief

I have a friend whose husband committed suicide and people made her feel guilty for not feeling grief after he passed.

Of course she was sad, shocked etc. but in a way, she finally was set free.

Free from worrying every day if he was going to commit suicide. Free from his constant emotional ups and downs and free from financial burdens he had put them in.

I share this story with you because I just don’t want you to sell yourself the story that the holidays have to be sad…you have a choice in how this holiday plays out.

What do you choose?

Now, I am not saying that’s is not okay to feel sad or to cry, etc. What I am saying is that you could make a choice to set a time or even a whole day to cry, scream, mourn…whatever your soul feels it needs to do. And then, decide that after that cathartic session, you will choose to move forward, remembering the absolute gifts that you received from this person and use those gifts to create even more joy in your life…as a beautiful way to carry on their legacy.

Remember, as a coach my job is to release any negative emotions or limiting decisions you have running in your energy system one and for all.

Your job is to focus on what you want your life to look and feel like from here on out.

Your Emotions Are Your Guidance System

Remember that your emotions tell you whether you are in alignment with your natural, Divine state or not.

Feelings of continuous sadness or grief are your body’s way of saying, “Ouch! This is not what we are. Please remember who we are. Please return to our natural state of Love and Joy.”

Take your emotions as a sign and then let your soul guide you towards ANY way you could celebrate this person’s life or the gift they gave you in your life. Or, let your soul guide you towards any way you could begin to experience JOY again.

Elegant Quote:

What will you choose?

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